I'm >> not a big fan of Burger King's French fries, though. >> Yeah, their French fries kind of suck a little bit. Yeah, they are. They are. They use them thick ones. They They need to go to the uh to the smaller ones. >> I know. They're just trying to be different than McDonald's. >> Yeah, that's what they do. That's what they all do. >> But McDonald's fries >> like parties with the lettuce and tomato at the bottom. I'm like, "What are y'all doing?" That's like just that that's not how you make a burger, >> right? >> That's [laughter] not That's not >> This is 37year-old Danny Dustin of Middberg, Florida. He's not sitting in this interview room because officers want his hot takes on fast food. He's here because two days earlier, an incident unfolded that turned a quiet home into a blood soaked crime scene. Now, detectives need Danny to explain how the [music] only person who still stood by him is dead. >> [music] >> Middberg, Florida is the kind of place you usually don't hear about. Roughly [music] 26 mi southwest of downtown Jacksonville, it's a wooded residential pocket of Klay County where quiet streets and modest homes are the norm. But inside one house on Ren Lane, family tension had been [music] building for months. And on March 6th, 2020, it finally erupted. This was not a robbery or a break-in. It was a [music] fight between family members that ended in tragedy. Danny Dustin did not start out as the man you see in this case. He was married and had a future that once seemed normal and predictable, but over time, [music] a mix of personal loss and repeated bad decisions pulled his life in a very different direction. Here, Danny talks about his background. >> When did you graduate college? >> Uh 2006. >> Okay, so 2000 out of high school. Yeah, I took like two years off and then actually my friend was going to college and he talked me into going with them. So, >> did you ever do anything with it, the business part? >> No, not really. I, you know, kind of fell into trouble right after that. So, >> what trouble? >> Um, my wife actually beat me up the first time and beat my ass and call the cops and cuz her daughter called, I got a battery, I was going to join the army and go in as an officer with the bachelors. >> Yeah. >> So, that was actually the original plan. Take me back to back when I guess is that when it your drinking started when your wife >> with the ex-wife. Yeah. And then but that you know I've you know been to prison two or three times and I had this time when I got out my two years ago my fiance like we were about to get married like I was back engaged to her Wednesday and she died on Saturday. She got hit by a car. >> Oh my god. >> And yeah and then um I was staying at this house and I got into it with my roommates cuz they weren't paying no rent. I was the only one paying rent and [ __ ] So, we got into it and I had a no contact, but the landlord evicted them. So, they were already supposed to be gone. And then like 2 weeks after she died, I went over there to get our stuff, you know, cuz she's got heaters there that belong to her mom and [ __ ] I was trying to get our [ __ ] back and the people weren't supposed to be there and they were >> and so I got a burglary charge on that for trying to go over there and get my own [ __ ] >> Damn. >> And because I just got out of prison, they're like, "Well, we're going after 10 years." I got a lawyer. He said, "Two in, two out, and now I'm on probation." Court records show a history of violent offenses. In 2013, Dany was convicted of aggravated battery and drug charges. In 2015, he was convicted of battery and battery on a first responder and sent to prison. In 2018, he was convicted of burglary and battery and received a 2-year sentence. By August 2019, he was out again trying to rebuild and living with the only person still [music] willing to help him, his father, Richard. Richard Dustin was a 73-year-old [music] former Marine. Structured, disciplined, no nonsense. But structure and chaos do not live well under the same roof. Deputies were no strangers to the Dustin [music] home. They had responded there multiple times for domestic calls. The people around him, they knew it. A close friend and neighbor of Richards, whom we'll call Paul, told deputies that he felt something about Dany was not right. He would ramble about the FBI chasing him. once claimed he fought them off at a street corner. He was often [music] intoxicated and he feared for Richard's safety. That concern shows up clearly in Paul's own words when he spoke with detectives. >> I live here, of course, and his son walks up and down this road all the time. That's how we met. Then I found out it was Richard's son. He's helping him out. He got out of prison. >> Okay. >> So, he's a little off in the head. So, I called Richard and he said he's off his meds. I guess when he got out of prison, they he hasn't been on his medication and he didn't tell me what he had, but I it's obvious something's up. But, you know, Richard, I always, you know, say if you need help, he say, "Man, I can cover myself." You know, he's a vet and all that. And I said, "Man, don't have your back." I said, he goes, "I got plenty of guns." >> Richard wasn't kidding. Investigators would later document at least nine firearms and more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition inside the home. Deputies had already been to the Dustin house multiple times for domestics. As recently as one week before the incident, Richard told Paul that an argument had turned physical and that he wanted Dany arrested. However, no arrest was made as both men claimed they pushed each other first. Richard was bitter about that. A week later, the tension had not resolved. At 2:32 p.m. on March 6th, Paul received a text from Danny asking for a ride. "Where you at? I need a ride," he said. Paul asked if he was at work. Danny replied, "Way worse." Paul was not available to pick him up. A little more than 3 hours later, the Klay County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Richard's cell phone. 911. What's the address of your emergency? >> What's the address of your emergency? >> Come on, Dad. [clears throat] >> What's going on? Do you need rescue or police? >> Sir, >> sir, do you need rescue or do you need police? Sir. Sir, I need you to talk to me. Do you need rescue? Do you need police? What's going on, sir? Not heard on the call, but noted in an affidavit was that the caller gave the address, said, "Hurry up." and the line disconnected. Deputies were dispatched expecting another domestic disturbance. They knocked on the door and got no answer, but they could hear someone inside calling for help, so they made entry. What they walked into looked like a slaughter. Blood covered the furniture, the walls, and the carpet. The living room was in visible disarray consistent with a violent struggle. Several bloodstained kitchen knives, each 8 to 10 in in blade length, were scattered on the floor nearby. Danny and Richard were found lying on the floor side by side beneath an overturned coffee [music] table. Richard's shirt had been pulled over his face and he had been stabbed repeatedly in the face, neck, ear, and back. The fatal blow was a severed jugular vein. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Danny, also covered in blood, raised his hand and asked for help. Within seconds, according to the affidavit, he began foaming at the mouth, became unresponsive, and deputies started CPR. The contrast was striking. Richard had catastrophic injuries while Dany had relatively minor wounds. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment. 2 days later, he was discharged and brought to the Orange Park substation where detectives placed him alone in an interview room. By then, investigators had spent two full days processing the scene. They had also reviewed Facebook live videos Dany posted earlier that day that showed him intoxicated and taunting his father. The blood patterns, the overturned furniture, the absence of any sign of forced entry pointed to a prolonged attack with no evidence of an outside asalent. The physical evidence already told them who was involved. What they needed from Dany now was insight into his state of mind, his relationship with his father, what set this in motion, and whether his own words would support a charge of first-degree murder or something less. For Dany, the stakes were high. He was staring at the possibility of life in prison. So, detectives did what seasoned investigators do. Through rapport building and careful questioning, they hope to keep him talking long enough for his story to be measured against the evidence they already had. >> All right, man. This is fine brew, they say. >> Thank you, sir. >> Tell me what you think. It's pretty good coffee. >> It's not bad. No, >> it's pretty good. All right. My partner will be here in a second. They said you grew up in Melbour. >> Um, no. We actually grew up in an island. >> Oh, okay. >> Then mom and dad got divorced and >> when did they get divorced? >> Um, 92. >> Okay. >> Yeah. He put her in a headlock. So >> Oh, wow. >> Yeah. He put his hands on her and she said if you ever did that it was over. So I think maybe like 10 years. >> So the other night or I guess when Detective Anderson went up there um you had mentioned something about to I guess to the correction officer but we don't know because you were kind of in and out. You're >> I guess being sedated and still a little intoxicated. You were kind of in and out made some things. But before we really get into whole conversations we need to make sure we're all on the same page here. Does that make sense to you? because it it feels like you're you're trying to head towards that part. So, I want to make sure we're on the same page. You would mention something to the uh correction officer about a lawyer, >> right? >> Okay. So, we need to make sure we're on the same page. You're obviously they violated you're under arrest at this point for that violation. That means you're not free to go. >> Right. >> Before we talk about anything else, I want to read you your rights. Okay? So, that you understand that. Make >> sense. Okay? >> So, you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can be used against you in court. You have a right to talk to a lawyer. >> You know, that's, you know, that's the one thing I'm I've never been, you know, no coke, no meth, no none of that [ __ ] It's just always been the drinking. And and I went from killing bottles to, you know, four locos to 8% steel reserves. And now I usually just have like two of the um the little tiny uh the 16 um uh wine coolers or like the truly where it's the Szer water. >> Yeah. And it's only like four or 5% too. It's really just a like I said, it's not >> it's a teaser. >> Yeah, it's it's not I really try to, you know, control this this thing and and >> so mom calls me at 12:30. I throw my shoes on. So I go walking about 1:00. I go up there to the store. I grab [snorts] me a four loco and then I think I went to the dollar store. >> I'm assuming you went which store? Like the BP at the end of Blue J. Okay. And then I walked over to the um to the dollar store and I think I had a twisted tea. And then um >> is Twisted Tea got alcohol in it? >> Yeah, it's like 5% though. It's like the yellow. >> So four local at BP twisted family dollar. >> Yeah. So we're we're pretty loose. And um then I I bought two of the um Sex on the Beach, the uh the little 16 wine coolers and they're 8% but I didn't drink those yet. Those were that's actually what I was drinking when my girlfriend died. So, I was actually gonna have those, you know, that night after work and [ __ ] So, but I had those with me and that's how the fight even started because he seen me with those and >> then he started screaming at me. >> Was it like close to your girlfriend's anniversary of death or something? >> Yeah, she she died January 20th. So, like it was like this this been a bad bad time for me. Yeah. >> Yeah. That's horrible. >> So, I get home and he immediately starts, oh, I'm calling your probation officer and all this [ __ ] rah [ __ ] >> Why did he do that? this. He he hates the drinking. I get his dad was a drunk. So, you know, >> so we saw you bringing in the sex on the beach, >> right? And he's like, "I thought I smelt it on you. Oh, you ain't going to work like that. I'm calling your probation officer. You're done. You're going back to jail." Blah, blah, blah. >> And then, like I said, like I told you the other night, he threw I don't know. He threw something or he hit me in the back with something first and then he's like, "I want you out of the house now." >> Where were you all that when that happened? >> I was in the kitchen by the freezer. The um the living room is here. There's a chest freezer right here. >> The deep freezer right there. >> Yes. Yeah, the deep freezer right there. >> And I was like probably And I don't think he even meant to hit me. I think he just like was throwing it to scare me. You know what I'm saying? Like I don't >> he's never one other time he's put his hands on me and that was it. You know what I'm saying? Like he's never he's not a really physical kind of guy like that [ __ ] So he's not >> So he must he must have got really heated for him though. >> Yeah. Well, you know, he start talking about lawsuits and money and all that [ __ ] So I guess I don't know. But you it you know he gamles too. Like he [ __ ] goes and plays lottery and everybody's got some kind of [ __ ] demon. But as soon as he sees me with one [ __ ] beer in my hand whether I'm even drunk or not, you know what I'm saying? It turn he turns into this [ __ ] you know and I understand all that [ __ ] with his dad and stuff but I got attitude maybe. >> Yeah. You know kind of but it's like and that's his house but I pay rent to live there. I you know I paid 125 to live there. It's not you know >> I'm not I mean I understand I'm your kid but at the end of the day I'm all but you're ass. >> Right. Right. So then he's like, "I want you out of the house now." And I'm like, "You can't." You know, cuz now I'm just being defiant like [ __ ] right. You know what I'm saying? Like whatever. Oh, you want me out? I'm not leaving now because you want me out. You know, kind of. So >> yeah, now I'm really going to be an ass. >> You want me started um after he hit me, he's like, "Get out of my house now." And I was like, "I'm not going anywhere." So then he started pushing me. And when I pushed him back, he fell down by the chair and the table. And then there there was already the knife was already there. That table knife was already there on the [ __ ] table. >> What knife? >> There was a a a table knife there from [ __ ] when we had pork chops the other day. So >> when you and your idea of a table knife might be different than mine. Describe it to me so I know what you're talking about. >> It's a kitchen knife like a steak knife. >> Wooden handle. >> A wooden handle. >> Yes. >> Is it got serrated blades or is it No serrated blades or is it >> Yes. Yeah. >> Okay. How big would you say it is? Um, it's about that big, I think. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I mean, it's like >> So, like a small little steak knife. >> Yeah. Like Yeah. Yeah. Like a steak knife. >> Then he grabbed the knife. >> He grabbed the knife. >> He grabbed the knife first. >> Okay. >> He grabbed the knife first. >> And then that's what, like I said, I got the, you know, so and then that's the part after that. I don't I know that, you know, he's 320 lbs. He outweighs me about 100 [ __ ] pounds. He's a big dude. >> Um, >> where was he at when he grabbed the knife? >> He fell down when when when I pushed him. He was trying to push me out the door and then I pushed him back and then he fell down. >> Got it. >> And then he grabs the [ __ ] knife and then >> So out the door. He's trying to push you out the door. >> Yeah, he he started pushing me that way. Yeah, by the side door where I'm right there by the freezer. >> So by the kitchen, >> right? >> Okay. Right. >> So he's trying to push you back that way. >> Right. So I push him back. >> Where does he fall down at? >> Right towards recliner. Recliner. >> So back towards the recliner. Okay. Right towards. >> So you're kind of in that kitchen living room little area right there. >> Yeah. >> So then he has a knife and I'm like this like he's not going to cut me. >> But the but the knife is over on the coffee table. >> It's right there at the on the the coffee table's right there in front of the recliner. It's the you got two couches here. The coffee table runs sideways. He always sits in the recliner. The knife was right there. >> Is it on another end table by the recliner or is it on the that >> end table right in front there? Yeah, on the long coffee table right there where >> it's close to the recliner. >> It's right there at it. It's right there at it. That's where his remotes are and his candy and everything else. >> So, he grabbed a knife off of that right there. >> Yeah. And I was already like, he ain't going to [ __ ] cut me. You know what I'm saying? Now he's just being stupid. >> What happened from there >> then? I don't I know we were struggling over the knife and like I said they said I had a stab wound here. I don't even know how that happened. This [ __ ] like I said I kept staring at this and I'm trying to figure out. >> Can I see what you talking about? >> You got that right there and then I got a little stab wound right here where they said it was a knife that stabbed me there. It's not It wasn't really deep or anything. >> Yeah. >> And then like and I got bruises and and my knees are all [ __ ] up and [ __ ] too. I got a a little slash right here I guess from the knife, too. I mean, I guess we were struggling with the night for a while. I don't know. I really don't like from that point on and then >> is it So, so are you saying that point on it's kind of >> a blank or you're seeing bits and pieces or what? What's going on? >> I don't That's what I'm saying. Like I I feel I remember I don't I don't know. It's It's hard to explain cuz my you know, Believe me, I understand. But and even like that when I was when I'm sitting there laying in the bed and I'm like looking at [ __ ] I'm like damn how the [ __ ] Well, okay, that that how you know I tried to grab the knife. That makes sense. I got cut right there. >> So are you right-handed since you're >> I am right-handed. Yeah. Yeah. So that made sense right here. This one right here didn't make sense. I I mean like So I'm sitting there looking at everything and I'm trying to figure out, you know, and piece the whole thing together. I had like [ __ ] four cups of coffee yesterday trying to just sit there and figure this all out in my head. >> Yeah. >> Well, I'm going to be honest with you. That's what we're trying to do, too. >> Right. Oh, I know. I know. >> So, that's why we wanted to talk to you. >> I know. >> Because obviously it was just you and your dad there, nobody else, right? >> Right. >> You know, he says [ __ ] and [ __ ] you know, so then I said [ __ ] back this time and me and my mom were talking about that and I was like, man, I just always hold it all in and [ __ ] you know. So when I told him about the sex on the beach with Michelle, he's like, "Oh, I don't give a [ __ ] about Michelle." And he's like, "You're stupid just like your mom." Or some [ __ ] like that. And I was like, "Oh, is that why you beat the [ __ ] out of your first [ __ ] wife?" And then that's kind of where, you know, this whole thing led. >> So the knife he grabbed, you you're saying that's the little steak knife. >> Yeah, it's like I don't think it's really that big. But >> did you go get a knife yourself? I did not. I did not. That knife was already on the table. >> Is that the only knife he had? >> I believe so. >> Okay. >> You need some more coffee? >> No, I'm good right now. You learn anger management. You're supposed to just like [ __ ] walk away and [ __ ] but you know. >> Yeah, but when someone's badgering you, it's hard to do that. Especially when you said it's it's the fact that you keep you you keep that buried down >> and then eventually it it comes up whether you want it to or not. Especially when you try to keep burying and burying it and burying it. >> Your mom had staff last time I was in prison. Her ass only stayed alive long enough for me to get [ __ ] out. So she knew I was okay and [ __ ] and I've just been trying so goddamn hard to [ __ ] >> Your mom, you said? >> Yeah. >> Did she pass? >> No. No, she's still here. Yeah, but she almost she almost did. >> That's what I said. That was like you threw me off there. >> She almost did though. And then when he he says [ __ ] about her and stuff and then like I said then I just threw attack back like cuz I told her that. I was like mom I sit there and keep all that in and I know that you know >> I was like I'm going to start doing what he [ __ ] does. And you know this [ __ ] with the lawyer then it's kind of like he wants to threaten to call one probation officer. Okay. Well then I'll call the [ __ ] lawyer. You know what I'm saying? Like that's >> and it's tit for tad. It's not, you know, >> you want to sit here and threaten me and and hold this over my head and we can't just be on >> there's no there's no ground where it's like I want and I know he's my dad and he does want the best for me and he wants me to quit, but he's going about it all wrong. If I call you a [ __ ] idiot, if I call you a [ __ ] idiot, uh, you're a [ __ ] idiot, do it this way. You're not going to listen to me. >> No. >> Yeah. At all. But if I'm like, "Hey man, you're doing a real good job, but try this." You know what I'm saying? Then you're going to And that's not >> Yeah. There's a way to build rapport with somebody and and and help them understand that you're, >> you know, you got the best >> for them, but without beating them down, >> right? [snorts] >> You're not you're not in the [ __ ] military where you're, you know, need to answer to orders and [ __ ] >> That sucks, man. I'm sorry. That's And that's no way to have a relationship with your dad. >> I didn't even know I was cut there till the next [ __ ] day. And you know, and that's why even when I was all loopy and [ __ ] I was like, you know, and [clears throat] I was like, is he here too? You know, like, no, he's at the house. Then I'm looking at these. I'm like, there's no there's no way [clears throat] he's still at the house if I look like this. So >> why why you say that? >> Well, I'm just because there was a struggle. So, you know what I'm saying? And there's no way that [snorts] if we're fighting over a knife, you're you're going to the hospital, too. Like, we're both going to go to the hospital. I got a stab wound here and a cut here and a cut here and and >> Do you you remember um posting a Facebook video live? >> No. >> You did? >> Yeah. >> Recorded you and your dad >> recorded you and your dad. Yeah. recorded you and your dad um arguing, getting into a big shouting match, >> right? >> Being a little belligerent with each other. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And that was do that when I'm drunk. >> That was around That was a little after 3:00, I think. Something like that, right? >> One was at 3:20 and one was at 3:40. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And it's just like you said, he was yelling at you about drinking and you were giving him the business right back, >> right? >> Posted it. Yeah. >> I don't remember that. I do that when I'm drunk. But you'd only had two drinks at that point. >> That's four. But I'm running on five hours sleep. Yeah. >> So you think the combination of that? You know better and I don't eat. You know what I'm saying? Like it's just like when they bring me >> one of the codings like if I didn't had breakfast before that like that [ __ ] [ __ ] me up pretty good. You know what I'm saying? But if I eat everything first then it's not >> I don't get the little lightaded and fall asleep [ __ ] So, >> so I I mean I I haven't looked at your phone, so I don't know if you recorded more of the fight, >> but that part is what you posted live, >> right, >> on Facebook. So, we did see that that's like out to everybody, >> right? Right. Absolutely. >> We saw that, but I don't know what else you recorded on your phone. >> Yeah. >> You think there's more on your phone? >> I don't know. >> I don't know. Did I call from my phone or from his phone? >> Believe his phone. >> Yeah, we think his phone. >> But that that's the thing, too. We're trying There's so many pieces of this we're trying to figure out. So that's why >> we're here >> talking to you. >> Do you have a passcode on your phone or anything? >> I don't. I don't. It's wide open. I can I mean I can write down my Facebook stuff, but you can just get on there and log on to it. It's automatically logged on. So >> And what we'll do is probably get a consent if you don't want. >> Yeah. I don't I really don't you know how however this ends up turning out then you know >> we pulled up your your history and your dad's history and we looked at the house whenever we get called and we wanted to kind of find out who we're talking to and we did see that there was like a >> another domestic altercation between you and him like a week before >> right yeah that's when he when he when he hit me but um I think he told them that too like he did tell him that cuz he tried to grab the beer and I tried to grab back and then he he slapped me and then I heard him on the phone talking to [ __ ] Wendy Mike's wife and was like, "Yo, oh, I slapped some sense into him." And then he wants to tell me how sorry he is that, you know, he even did that. And it's like, you know, I don't know. >> Did he drink? >> He doesn't. He drinks like once on New Year's or something. Yeah. >> What's he usually drink? >> Uh Miller High Life. >> Okay. >> Does he do drugs? Does he >> No, he don't. He's on medication stuff, but I think it's all hard. Yeah, but uh you know he has two stints in his hearts and [ __ ] [snorts] but >> that's I mean no matter how old you are, the end of the day, it's still your father. So it is >> having that kind of you know hostile or violent or whatever you want to call it relationship. >> Um it's difficult for anybody to >> he just he don't know how to talk. That's all. He's just [ __ ] But I mean, his heart's there. He's a good He's a good guy. >> Yeah. >> How bad do you think it is? >> How bad do I think what is >> he is? >> Oh, I don't I think I know exactly. >> What do you think? >> Yeah, I think he's dead. I think that when you told me he was back at he was still at the house, I I kind of >> I didn't lie to you. >> I know. I know. And but you know when I said some I said something to nurse and she looked at the officer like she didn't want to say something too. So I kind of before y'all even got there. >> Yeah. >> That's I was kind of piecing it together. >> And I'm sorry man, but he is dead. [snorts] Was was he laying towards the recliner? >> No. >> No. >> So that's why we want to we want to really try to find out what happened. And that all everything you said so far all kind of know lines up kind of. But there's obviously a lot of missing pieces. Yeah, it's just like a coffee table. I don't understand that either. [snorts] But yeah, we I mean I can tell you this. I mean, we spent two days over there. All right. We [snorts] went through everything with a fine tooth comb and we've got a lot of physical evidence and with that physical evidence, we've been able to piece together, >> right, >> how it looks and and exactly what happened. But obviously the only person that was there was you and him, >> right? >> So he can't tell us other than, you know, the physical evidence that's there, the little bits and pieces that we don't know. You're the only one that can tell us that. So that's, you know, we're past that point. We know an altercation between you and him happened and we know he ended up dying as a result of that altercation. So that's what we want you to do or we'd like you to do is to help us fill in those pieces. >> And [snorts] those cuts on your hand, the majority of them are going to be from knives. Correct. But it's going to be from knives in your hand. >> That is too. And the stab in there, too. I can't tell you exactly. I haven't taken a close look at him. All right. Um, and obviously we'll get someone to do that to try to match him up, but I can tell you looking at the scene, looking at your dad, looking at your hands, it's all consistent with you holding a knife in your hand and stabbing your dad more than one time. [snorts] Looking at the physical evidence, he was sitting down when this assault happened. There's no doubt in my mind he was sitting in his recliner. >> Oh man, >> when this part happened, >> he was sitting down in his recliner. >> I think he was just pushing your buttons, you know. >> Yeah. No matter who you are, you're still a human being at the end of the day. And it can only be pushed so far before you snap. That's anybody. Me, Detective Anderson, anybody there. There's a breaking point for everybody. So, that's what's throwing me off a little bit about you saying you, you don't get in a shoving match and you shoving him down and then him grabbing a steak knife. [snorts] When I don't I'm not saying that didn't happen, but when this happened, >> when that scene happened, >> when it happened for him to ultimately be dead, it started with him sitting in a recliner. So, he wasn't fighting anybody. And he had a huge gaping wound on his hand here, which in my experience, um, in all the cases I've worked and seen, is consistent with him grabbing the blade of a large knife and then someone pulling out or struggling over and cutting his hand. completely consistent with that. And then he has what we call >> a larger knife than a steak knife. >> Correct. >> He didn't have it. There was it was a larger knife than a steak knife for sure. But he has what we call and are consistent with defensive wounds, not offensive wounds. So, see, that's what I was telling you about like the marks on your hands. Those are consistent with someone holding a knife and stabbing somebody. His wounds on his hands are consistent with trying to block and defend himself. This one right here is consistent with it sliding off and cutting. Were you holding the handle? >> And I hate to go I hate to sit here and talk about your dad like this to you cuz I know even as much of an [ __ ] as it sounds like he could be. >> He's a [ __ ] awesome dude. >> He's still your dad and you still love him. >> You know, I read in one of your journals you said be more understanding to dad. >> Yeah. I can work on it. Mhm. >> Life is a work in progress all the time for everybody. There's >> nobody perfect. Just some people hide it better than others. That's all. >> Was [clears throat] there anything else in your system besid alcohol that day? Do you know? >> No. Well, I mean, I take them muscle relaxers, but I got in trouble at work for that. So, I just take them in the morning. I don't try to take them, you know, past 12:00 or not because >> Yeah. So, you know what we're saying, right? I >> know what y'all are saying. >> So, we're on the same page. What are we saying? >> That I killed my dad. Hey, my name's Deputy Holland. My only job is to take you from here to the jail. Okay. >> So, we won't head down to the jail right now. All right. >> Okay. And uh I'll get that. >> Yeah. Just follow out. [cough and clears throat] When the interview ended, Danny was booked into the Klay County Jail and formally charged with the stabbing death of his father. But there was no quick path to trial. Danny filed motions, challenged procedures, and fought the case from inside a jail cell with the familiarity of someone who had spent years navigating courtrooms. But in June of 2025, more [music] than 5 years after that afternoon on Ren Lane, a Clay County jury found Danny Dustin guilty of secondderee murder with a weapon. Because he committed the crime shortly after being released from prison, Florida's prison release reaffender law applied. That meant the sentence was mandatory life in prison. Justice may have been served, but this is what lingers. This is not a story about strangers. It's about a father who opened his home to a son who had nowhere else to go. A son who once had a future, who lost his way and never found it again. There are no winners here. No satisfaction in the outcome. Just a quiet awful reality. That's something many of us recognize. arguments, addiction, frustration, disappointment. It snowballed [music] into something no one could take back. Richard Dustin gave his son another chance. [music] And it cost him his life.